Faculty/Author Profile

Susan J. Zachman

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

New York, NY, USA

Susan Zachman is a corporate partner in Kirkland’s New York office and specializes in private equity and corporate transactions. Typical transactions include mergers and acquisitions, going private transactions, venture capital/growth equity investments, divestitures, recapitalizations, restructurings and workouts and general corporate counseling.

Ms. Zachman is also involved in leadership roles in the Firm’s diversity and pro bono activities.

Representative Matters

Represented Apax Partners, through Viscaria Limited, in its up to $480 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) in Nasdaq-listed iGate Corporation, the proceeds of which were used to partially fund the approximately $1.2 billion acquisition by Gate of a majority stake in Patni Computer Systems Ltd., an Indian software and business process outsourcing company.

Represented Apax Partners in the $571 million going private of Bankrate, Inc., a provider of personal finance information to consumers.

Represented Apax Partners in the approximately $1.4 billion going private of The Trizetto Group, Inc., a premier provider of information technology solutions for the healthcare supply chain.

Represented ABRY Partners in its acquisition of B&H Education, a post-secondary education company that owns and operates one of the largest cosmetology schools in the country.

Represented OrbiMed in its venture capital investment in Gelesis, Inc., a company developing technologies for the treatment of obesity.